APPENDIX A
in Five-School Student Sample
General Introduction You have been chosen at random to help make up the sample of this study. Your personal identity cannot be made known to anyone. Once your questionnaire has been returned to the research staff, there is no possible way in which any of the information involved can be traced to any individual subject. With this guarantee that your answers can be treated only as objects of data, we urge you to consider each of the questions carefully and with complete honesty. You can be of the greatest help in this project if you are as truthful as possible. Please do not exaggerate your answers. Take your time and answer all questions to the best of your knowledge. Thank you.
1. (a) Class in school (please check) 2. Sex: male- female 3. Date of birth. 4. (a) What do your parents consider to be their home state? Mother's home state - Father's home state
(1) Less than 1000 (5) 50,000-100,000
(2) 1000-10,000 (6) 100,000-500,000
(3) 10,000-25,000 (7) 500,000-1,000,000
(4) 25,000-50,000 (8) Over 1,000,000
(d) Would you consider most of your residence as urban or rural -?
5. (a) What is your religion? (please name specific denomination) 6. (a) Are your parents (c)If you are not living with your parents, indicate with whom: 7. (a) Father living? Yes- No 8. (a) Mother living? Yes- No 9. What do you estimate your family income to be per year? (1) Below $2000 (5) $7500-$10,000 (2) $2000-$3500 (6) $10,000-$15,000 (3) $3500-$5000 (7) Over $15,000 (4) $5000-$7500 10. (a) Number of brothers - Their ages 11. (For high-school students only) 12. (For college students only) 13. (a) You are engaged to be married. How far do you believe it is proper to go sexually? Part II Instructions: Please keep in mind that we are not interested in your behavior or in your acceptance of other people's behavior, but in the values and standards which you personally hold. 1.John and Mary are engaged to be married. They kiss, since both feel that kissing is allowable when the couple is engaged. 2. John and Mary are in love. They kiss, since both feel that kissing is allowable when the couple is in love. 3. John and Mary have strong affection for each other. They kiss, since both feel that kissing is -acceptable when the couple has strong affection. 4. John and Mary have no particular affection for each other. They kiss, since both believe that kissing does not necessitate any particular affection between the couple. 5. John and Mary are engaged to be married. They pet, since both believe that petting is acceptable when the couple is engaged to be married. 6. John and Mary are in love. They engage in petting, since both believe that petting is acceptable when the couple is in love. 7. John and Mary have strong affection for each other. They engage in petting, since both believe that petting is acceptable when the couple is strongly affectionate. 8. John and Mary have no particular affection for each other. They engage in petting, since both feel that petting does not require any particular affection between the couple. 9. John and Mary are engaged to be married. They have full sexual relations, since they both feel that full sexual relations is acceptable when the couple is engaged to be married. 10. John and Mary are in love. They engage in full sexual relations, since they both feel that full sexual relations is acceptable when the couple is in love. 11. John and Mary feel strong affection for each other. They engage in full sexual relations, since they both think that full sexual relations is acceptable when the couple is strongly affectionate. 12. John and Mary have no particular affection for each other. They engage in full sexual relations, since they both feel that having full sexual relations does not require any particular affection between the couple. 13. John and Mary believe that full sexual relations done predominantly for sexual pleasure is just about as good as full sexual relations engaged in for the sake of love or similar emotional feelings. 14. I believe that there is something basically nasty and dirty about most sex before marriage. 15. (a) Men should be allowed more freedom than women in sexual behavior before marriage. How do you feel about this attitude? 16. (a) Men and women should be allowed to participate equally in sex in accordance with the same standard. How do you feel about this attitude? Part III Instructions: Please circle the degree of agreement or disagreement you have with the statements below. The first list contains statements concerning the male; the second contains statements concerning the female. Please read each one carefully and check your degree of agreement or disagreement with each statement in both lists. Remember, WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR TOLERANCE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR OR BELIEFS. PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, AS BEFORE, ON THE BASIS OF HOW YOU FEEL TOWARD THE VIEWS EXPRESSED. Male Standards (Both Men and Women Check This Section) 1. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the male before marriage if he is engaged to be married. 2. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is in love. 3. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the male before marriage when he feels strong affection for his partner. 4. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is not particularly affectionate toward his partner. 5. I believe that petting is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is engaged to be married. 6. I believe that petting is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is in love. 7. I believe that petting is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is strongly affectionate for his partner. 8. I believe that petting is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is not particularly affectionate toward his partner. 9. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is engaged to be married. 10. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is in love. 11. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the male before marriage when be is strongly affectionate toward his partner. 12. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the male before marriage when he is not particularly affectionate for his partner. 13. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the male before marriage when there is no particular affection and that this type of relationship is just about as acceptable as full sexual relations which involve strong affection or love. Female Standards (Both Men and Women Check This Section) 1. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is engaged to be married. 2. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is in love. 3. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the female before marriage when she feels strong affection for her partner. 4. I believe that kissing is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is not particularly affectionate toward her partner. 5. I believe that petting is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is engaged to be married. 6. I believe that petting is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is in love. 7. I believe that petting is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is strongly affectionate for her partner. 8. I believe that petting is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is not particularly affectionate toward her partner. 9. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is engaged to be married. 10. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is in love. 11. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is strongly affectionate for her partner. 12. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the female before marriage when she is not particularly affectionate for her partner. 13. I believe that full sexual relations is acceptable for the female before marriage when there is no particular affection and that this type of relationship is just about as acceptable as full sexual relations which involve strong affection or love. After you have completed the questions above, place an X beside the one statement in the mate list and the one statement in the female list which you feel most nearly expresses how far you feel the male should go and how far you feel the female should go.
1. (a) Explain briefly in the space provided below your reasons for choosing the two statements beside which you placed an X above. Why do you think they were good? (b) Briefly state your reasons against those statements for both male and female which you rejected above. Why do you think they were not good? 2. (a) How do you feel your standards compare with those of your parents? (1) Very similar (1) Very similar (2) Similar (2) Similar (3) Somewhat similar - (3) Somewhat similar (4) Somewhat dissimilar (4) Somewhat dissimilar (5) Dissimilar (5) Dissimilar (6) Very dissimilar (6) Very dissimilar (b) If at all dissimilar, do you feel your standards are more - or less - strict than those of your parents? 3. (a) How do you feel your standards compare with those standards of others your own age? (1) Very similar (4) Somewhat dissimilar (2) Similar (5) Dissimilar (3) Somewhat similar (6) Very dissimilar (b) If at all dissimilar, are your standards more - or less - strict than those of others your own age? 4. (a) How do you feel your standards compare with those standards of your very close friends? (1) Very similar (4) Somewhat dissimilar (2) Similar (5) Dissimilar (3) Somewhat similar (6) Very dissimilar (b) If at all dissimilar, are your standards more - or less - strict than those of your very close friends?
1. Are you at present (1) unattached -, (2) going fairly regularly with one person -, (3) going steady -,(4) in love -,(5) pinned (for college students only) -,(6) engaged -, (7) other -? 2. Counting the relationship (if any) marked above, have you gone fairly regularly with one person short of going steady ? (a) Number of times 3. Counting the relationship marked above, have you gone steady? 4. Counting the above-marked relationship, have you been pinned? 5. Counting the above-marked relationship, have you been engaged? 6. Have you been in love? 7. On the average, how many times per month do you date? 8. At what age did you begin dating?
Please circle the degree of agreement or disagreement you have with the following statements concerning love relationships between men and women. 1. True love leads to almost perfect happiness. 2. There is only one real love for a person. 3. True love is known at once by the people involved. 4. Even though one's past love affair was not as strong as the present one, it may still have been a real love relationship. 5. Doubt may enter into real love. 6. True love is mysterious and cannot be understood by reason. It can only be felt, not explained. 7. True love will last forever. 8. Conflict can be a part of real love. 9. It is possible to love two people at the same time. 10. When one is in love, the person whom he loves becomes the only goal in his life. One lives almost solely for the other. Part VII 1. Which phrase below best characterizes most of your relations with your family? 2. Would you say that most of the time you are closer to your mother or your father 3. Do you feel for the most part that your life goals are being achieved - or not being achieved - ? 4. Do you find that there are sufficient pastimes and types of entertainment for your use - or that it is difficult to find things to do -? 5. Do you think that your standards regarding sex before marriage 6. (a) Have your attitudes toward sexual behavior changed since you have begun dating? Yes- No - 7. (a) I believe that my sexual behavior and the sexual standards in which I believe are 8. (a) For an engaged woman it is proper to allow (1) Kissing (2) Petting (3) Full sexual relations 9. Summarize your feelings toward your past serious relationships as a whole. Do you feel that they have been helpful or harmful in the formation of your present attitudes? 10. Do you think your standards should apply to others? Yes - No - Explain - 11. Would you define petting to include only certain types of sexual behavior and not others? Yes- No- If Yes, explain. 12. Any additional comments you have which might further explain your attitudes may be listed below. (For the New York college the following questions were added) 13. How many semesters have you been at this school? 14. (a) Have your sexual standards changed since you came here? - (b) Has your sexual behavior changed since you have been here? |